Security and Safety Assistant at KCA University (KCAU)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Patrol assigned areas, to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.
• Access Control: Examine doors, windows, and gates to ensure security; use University keys to open and close buildings; monitor closed buildings for unauthorized persons and/or suspicious activities.
• Inform and warn violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles.
• Provide escort services for visitors, students, staff, and faculty, as necessary; provides other public assistance, such as lockout services, jump-starts, and routine information.
• Watch out for and report irregularities, such as security breaches, facility and safety hazards, and emergency situations; contacts emergency responders, such as police, fire, and/or ambulance personnel, as required. Further, the officer will assist in Investigations
• Remain alert for the presence of unauthorized persons and/or security code violators; approaches suspicious persons and/or notifies police as appropriate; may confront and/or detain violators, as required, until police arrive.
• Perform periodic checks of emergency call boxes and/or street lights to ensure proper functioning;
• Patrol and monitor assigned parking areas and/or parking garages to provide public security and assistance.
• Patrol assigned areas, to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.
• Access Control: Examine doors, windows, and gates to ensure security; use University keys to open and close buildings; monitor closed buildings for unauthorized persons and/or suspicious activities.
• Inform and warn violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles.
• Provide escort services for visitors, students, staff, and faculty, as necessary; provides other public assistance, such as lockout services, jump-starts, and routine information.
• Watch out for and report irregularities, such as security breaches, facility and safety hazards, and emergency situations; contacts emergency responders, such as police, fire, and/or ambulance personnel, as required. Further, the officer will assist in Investigations
• Remain alert for the presence of unauthorized persons and/or security code violators; approaches suspicious persons and/or notifies police as appropriate; may confront and/or detain violators, as required, until police arrive.
• Perform periodic checks of emergency call boxes and/or street lights to ensure proper functioning;
• Patrol and monitor assigned parking areas and/or parking garages to provide public security and assistance.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Diploma in Security Management; Cyber security management, criminology, Security
• Risk Management, Security and Safety or any other relevant field.
• Three (3) years relevant work experience;
• Computer proficiency.
• Experience of working within an educational environment will be an added advantage

OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Good investigative skills
• Good report writing skills
• Results oriented
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team playing skills
• Ability to follow through on defined task